NEW LONDON, Conn. A former Navy sailor on Wednesday was sentenced to two-and -a-half years in prison for robbing a Navy FCU branch near Naval Submarine Base New London on Sept. 4, 2012.
Dew told a probation officer he had been having an affair and was being extorted for money by somebody threatening to tell his wife, prompting the broad daylight robbery, according to prosecutors. Dew was caught by police after the robbery by using a GPS device that a teller slipped into the bag full of money.
Dew, who was stationed at the Naval Submarine Base and owned a home in New London with his wife, walked into the credit union branch on Sailfish Drive in Groton and handed a teller a plastic bag and a note that said, “I have a gun. Put the money in the bag.” The teller was able to slip a GPS device into the bag among the bills, and police used it to locate and apprehend Dew a short time later in the outbound lane of the base’s main gate.
The $5,600 was in the car, and there was an unregistered .32 caliber Kel-Tec pistol in the center console, loaded with five rounds of ammunition but with no round in the chamber.
Dew was dishonorably discharged from the Navy following his arrest.
